family law

INTRODUCTION   Sources of family law   There are three branches of Finnish family law: marriage law, which regulates the relations between spouses; child law, w..

A lot number of cases are coming forward wherein the mothers under the pretext of going to their parental house along with their children, then decide not to come back to their parental home and file the criminal as well as civil cases at their native place and the aggrieved fathers are denied the custody of their child for no reason whatsoever. p style="tex..

Sources of Family Law Greece is a signatory to the European Conventions on the Adoption of Children and on the Status of Children born out of wedlock (Ratified by Greek L 1049/1980 and 1702/1987), and to the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child abduction of 1980 and the European Conventi..

If unilateral withdrawal of consent for divorce is not genuine and is a farce, then withdrawal of consent is liable to be ignored and inference of continued consent of grant of divorce by mutual consent can be safely drawn and court can grant divorce decree and dissolve the marriage. The mischievous and unilateral ..

On February 07, 2017: The Apex Court has ruled that:  A woman's brother is not part of his sister's matrimonial family. Hence a woman's brother cannot claim right over property inherited by his married sister from her husband. A property inherited by a woman fro..

Migration is an ongoing process that never stops; as far as India is concerned, its large number of youths and business fellow citizens are looking for overseas opportunities. The special and technical skills of the Indian youth find them lucrative jobs abroad, and when they moves abroad they witness a different culture, lifestyle and the social values but still they ..

It was at the request of a local Solicitor from England and Wales to schedule a Seminar on European Family Law that made the powers that be realize that little beyond a superficial background of the different Family Law Systems of the States in Europe was known or available, but everyone was un..

Private International Law: International adoptions, procedure for overseas prospective adoptive parents to adopt a child of a relative living in India span style="background-colorr:rgb(254,..

Rules say love and affection don't matter. But the courts of law have time and again risen to defend the interest of citizens and set aside rules and replaced with reasoned landmark judgments. Rule 40 of the Agency: Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA), 2..

Dated: FEBRUARY 17, 2017: The court allowed the father, who lives in Kenya, to meet his minor son, living in Delhi with his mother, whenever he visits India. It is the fundamental right of children to get the love and affection from both the parents. p s..

Canon Law can’t grant divorce legally. CHURCH MARRIAGE ANNULMENT IS INVALID. Dated: 09-01-2017: Apex Court decided that: divorces granted by the church courts are not valid. Thus remarrying after such a divorce decree would be committing the offence of big..

Transfer Petition Supreme Court If you are thinking of filing a transfer petition Supreme Court of your case from one state to an another state and you are petitioner in the case here are some of the points you must consider. 1. A short synopsis: ..

Getting married in front of an idol in a temple, take saath pheras (Saptapadi-round around the sacred fire) in a temple in front of an idol in a temple, constitutes for legal matrimony? A physical relationship coupled with wearing “sindoor” (vermillion) and “mang..

>>> On JANUARY 18, 2017, The Apex Court has held that: Merely because the wife is ‘capable of earning’, it is not a reason to reduce the maintenance awarded to her. The bench of judges said that: “Whether the wife is capable of earning or whether s..

ABSTRACT State of Bombay v. Narsu Appa Mali[1] was a landmark judgment on the constitutional conflict between personal law and fundamental rights. This paper does not limit itself to the case, judgment and analysis of the judgment. The paper basically highlights the issues of this case in a broader perspective and ..